vacation

I'm on vacation all of next week. 2 agenda items:

1. Replace the splintery stairs that are at my back door
2. Ride my bike every day

Let me know if you can\want to ride with me as I'll try to make it happen. Who knows, I may even make the BMCC Monday night ride?
The blog may suffer a little unless the crew steps up and helps! OUT!

My daughter

She's 3 and can Pimp her LIKE-A-BIKE. We call it her Mountain Bike and she is getting really at good balancing. She spins circles in the driveway "scary fast" and she giggles the whole time!

My neighbors gave me a trike - so that will teach her how to pedal SAFELY. No training wheels for my girl!

Lunch Ride today

Due to the heavy rain ALL DAY yesterday, I have in my posession a skinny tire bike. This bike will be leaving my office parking lot @ noon and somehow riding to get onto the Papio Trail. If the king of Sausage is in, I'll ride North to meet him. If he's out (he rides on Wed nights anyways!) I'll be heading south.

I intend to ride South for 20 minutes, and then turn around and head back North for 20. Today is more of an exploration ride to see how and where I can get onto the Papio trail. I see it as nice recon. Its good to have a cement trail in your pocket for the weather around here!

weekend

Even though we had a busy weekend - I was still able to log a few 'skinny' miles yesterday afternoon. About 10 to be exact. The entire trail around Zorinsky is completely passable. There is still some water on the trail under the bridge, but it only takes up 1/3 of the sidewalk.



While cruising across the dam, I saw this guy buzzing around. All he had was a parachute and a big ass propeller strapped to his back. I honestly think that I'd do this. If you motor stops, just float to the ground.

He was doing it over the lake. My guess, motor stops, he sinks as he'd be unable to get that propeller backpack off.

I'm home with a sick kid today. Going to conserve fuel and walk to the grocery store with him if he's feeling ok.

Lunch rides this week are going to be WET! Swampass either way you look at. Tstorms on Tues; 95 and humid on Thursday.

The hookup

Thanks meatstick! Now i wont forget them in my other jersey pocket and can stow them in my saddlebag!

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Power Lunch

RG, DMars, and I headed out for a power lunch today. DMars and me ridin' single, RG rockin' the Epic. Good Times. Hot and humid, major league swampy heading back to the office.

Welcome Meat Stick!

Ok, sorry, sausage king!

OOPS!!

I hate it when that happens.

got lunch plans?

Well I've formulated a plan. What? Well, I plan to ride over the lunch hour the next two days. (Friday is a big Employee BBQ @ the office, so that's out!)

The word on the street is that TRANQ is totally DRY (well except for the usual wet spots). So lunch laps are on order. Sweet Singletrack tastes yummy.

The weather man might throw a wrench into it, but I'm going to ride if I can.

12:15 p.m. anyone?

Working...

This is a good monday!

Out with Em

Took a cruse with Em on Saturday, We ran into some flooding on the trail at Standing Bear Lake, the water was about a foot over the trail. Em had fun splashing around on the flooded trail.

Friday ride with Bro

Traq was wet in several places, there was a small stream running down the north side of the creek, and standing water in a lot of low spots. Rain please stop for awhile.

Tranq was wet.

We got in about 7 miles. Greg took some pics of the running water along the creek - 'creek chub' area.

I was surprised, but the nursery was in great shape!

Dad's Day Bike ride

Plan: Ride @ tranq - 2 or 3 laps
Bike: fat tires
Time: 1:00 p.m.

Rain OUT: ok - if its too muddy to ride dirt. Meet somewhere (I don't think that we should drive... maybe meet on the trail?) and ride the West Papio Trail. (L st to Maple/Fort and Back)
Distance: 25+ miles
Rain OUT Bike: skinny tires

WHO: Any and everyone with a bike - you don't need to be a DAD.

Wilderness Park, Lincoln NE

Rob you had better make a rode trip up to ride the Omaha dirt.

So bummed to see this. Shawn Doné sent me this vid he made of the storm and the state of wilderness park. I know wilderness park is supposed to flood when the salt creek gets too high, but this is very sad to see.

the storm from Shawn Doné on Vimeo.

Hat Tip to my buddy BORK! - read it - its got a through review of the trail from a few days ago.

Friday Tranq ride

Heading out to Tranq early Friday afternoon, anybody want to join?

psst, Fathers Day is Sunday

How I'd like to spend my day:
(singletrack in the a.m.)

(Ribs in the smoker post ride)
( Play with kids in the park in the afternoon)

Tuesday Lunch Ride

Wild weather at my house this weekend. I lost 1 Japanese Maple tree. It snapped because my neighbor's DELUXE Glider/Swing came over my Wood Privacy fence, flew threw my yard and landed on it. The swing was in the neighbor's yard behind me.

He also lost a BIG 10yr old Ash Tree, and 1/2 of his Pear tree.

Tuesday lunch ride with Ted will be my first dirt since Platte! Ouch.

nope - no riding for me.

I will be playing Mr. Mom starting tomorrow afternoon thru Sunday afternoon. The ONLY way I'm going to be able to get out on any sized tire is if I get some help!

Who wants to babysit?!?

organized skinny tire ride?

you boys wanna do this thing?

edit: work sent the image - its last years.

my skinny tire saturday

I couldn't make it to connect with Dmars and Greg - although I'm jealous that they got dirt time in at Tranq as I navigated flooded trails. (read on). The Tower told me that the flight pattern was full, so the best that I could do was jump on my bike in the garage and head out. So, that's EXACTLY what I did!

Notice the 'crap' on the trail under this tire.... So I rode through the neighborhood and jumped on the trail at the tball fields on the S. Side of the West Side of the Lake. The plan - ride the trail across the damn and then exit where it hooks on the West Papio trail - 20 mile loop. So the ride began.

This picture denotes that trail as it parallels 168th street. This section had a bunch of debree and you could tell that the water had just receded. So I continued on. (Leary that the skinny tires would not like the 'big stuff').
At the end of the trail above, there is a hard right turn under the bridge (168th). As I fly around the corner - WOW - and lock up the back tire. No more trail!

I ended up climing up a little hill right next to the bridge. That put me out on to 168th street. i rode it South to the parking lot and then crossed the road. Once on the other side, I hooked back up with the trail and continued my ride. 21 miles and the pic below shows how it was: